Snow day exploration

Thank goodness for this mound of salt.

Two views like this within walking distance of my house. Ain't mad. 

site photos, and some snow-day photoshop

so the first version that i put up of this was not the correct version.  youtube is weird. here's the real jam.

recent inspiration

a little upset to learn that this building was/is nicknamed the pizza hut tower. because it was built on the site of a former pizza hut. people are dumb.

but this building is dope. 1611 w division st (division and ashland).

cincinnati from the ped bridge

ribbon chapel, near hiroshima, japan

then and now - crosley field (decimated)

cincinnati, 1949

path-changing

this week has been a weird turning point of sorts.

i'm finally getting something like inspiration to accomplish the things that i want to do.  i have a couple skeletons to confront, but i think this is the year.

i'm done feeling sorry for myself or hating myself.  i made it to architecture school.  i survived the first semester, and it was one of the most difficult things i've ever done.

but i think it was the right decision, as much as i consistently continue to second-guess myself.  thankfully the second-guessing has become less frequent.

I have an eye for design.
I want to create spaces for people to inhabit.
I want my projects to shape people's lives for the better.

I didn't really recognize the appeal that architecture has always had for me.  But I think I might be on the road to figuring it out - it's a career of problem solving.  I'm always going to face challenges in this career... figuring out the best solution for a project, be it a concert hall, a library, a dorm, or a house.  Which way it needs to face, which way the light hits each surface, how it interacts with its site and surroundings - I can't wait to solve those problems.  It's almost like I'm back in 6th or 7th grade on the Beaumont Middle School academic team at the Future Problem Solvers competition.  Only it's actually the future and I am an actual problem solver.  Funny how life works itself out sometimes.  Who knew I'd end up on this path? 

Dear everyone posting pictures of your animals in holiday-themed animal costumes beneath the Christmas tree saying, "_________ is getting in the Christmas spirit!",

Your animal has no idea that it's Christmas. 

Sincerely,

Jealous No-Pet Owner Yet Still Won't Subject My Future Dog to This Phenomenon

not with haste

your eyes they tie
me down so hard
i'll never learn to put up a guard

so keep my love
my candle bright
learn me hard oh learn me right

this ain't no sham
i am what i am

though i may speak
some tongue of old
or even spit out some holy word

i have no strength
from which to speak
when you sit me down and see i'm weak



we will run and scream
you will dance with me
they'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free

we will be who we are
and they'll heal our scars
sadness will be far away




so as we walked
through fields of green
was the fairest sun i'd never seen

and i was broke
i was on my knees
you said yes as i said please

this ain't no sham
i am what i am
i leave no time
for a cynic's mind




we will run and scream
you will dance with me
they'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free

we will be who we are
and they'll heal our scars
sadness will be far away




do not let my fickle flesh go to waste
as it keeps my heart and soul in its place
i will love with urgency but not with haste



#oof #rightinthefeels